Radicle Science · 22 hours ago
Chief Science & Innovation Officer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expRadicle Science is a healthtech pioneer that focuses on proven, precision wellness through rigorous clinical evidence generation. They are seeking a Chief Science & Innovation Officer to lead the company's strategic scientific vision, drive innovation, and ensure integration across various functions while collaborating with teams to generate trusted health evidence.
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Responsibilities
Ensure integration across, and evolution of, our protocol design, outcome measures, trial execution, analysis, and interpretation
Coordinate with our internal and external Principal Investigators, as well as our academic collaborators
Ensure our evidence generation meets the highest standards of rigor while pragmatically serving client goals, consumer needs, and regulatory expectations
This role provides strategic executive leadership to two established senior leaders, each of whom will continue to lead their teams and each of whom will continue to be responsible for day-to-day activities:
SVP of Scientific Affairs who oversees client-facing sales support, protocol design, client report generation, peer-reviewed publications, external scientific communication, and industry-facing thought leadership
VP of Research Operations who oversees trial execution, compliance, and operational excellence
Cross-functional collaboration with our technology, data, marketing, sales, and customer success teams to ensure our scientific strategy is aligned throughout the company
Provide clients with scientific guidance on formulation strategy & feasibility
Support clients by collaborating with formulators and contract manufacturers to prepare their products for trial
Support clients with their IP/patent strategy related to their formulas and trial data
Serve (along with our Scientific Affairs team) as a Radicle scientific representative with industry, investors, partners, and the broader health ecosystem
Qualification
Required
PhD or equivalent in a life science field
10+ years experience conducting or sponsoring clinical trials on non-prescription/non-pharmaceutical health interventions
10+ years experience working for food, beverage, or supplement companies
5+ years experience working with formulators and contract manufacturers
Strong understanding of biostatistics
Experience with intellectual property and patent strategy
Experience serving as Principal Investigator on clinical trials
Experience authoring peer-reviewed publications
Experience managing senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams
U.S based, willing to travel ~8x/year travel for team gatherings, conferences, and partner meetings
Native, or near-native/mastery proficiency in English
Preferred
High proficiency with AI tools
Experience securing grants from government agencies and foundations
Based in Southern California
Company
Radicle Science
Radicle Science is a health tech company that offers an accelerated, non-FDA route to drug validation.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$11.5MKey Investors
Untapped Ventures
2024-04-25Seed
2023-12-15Convertible Note· $2.76M
2022-01-07Seed· $5.69M
Leadership Team
Jeff Chen
Cofounder/CEO
Pelin Thorogood
Co-Founder & Executive Chairwoman
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